Genres: short

  • sous-ex

    The silence of the dark rooms is followed by the screaming of the scanner that resurrects our sweaty embraces on the film. Of this caress, there remains only the violence of an image; of your sex a shadow; of our fluids, an emulsion; of our loves, solitudes.

  • colosse

    Only one horse is left standing against the digital flood, but the storm is getting stronger. We may already have brought down the colossi.

  • Still Got It?!

    After 3 years out of the modeling industry and back in school, Adam wonders: “Have I still got it?” Ignoring the not-so-subtle warnings from his friends, our endearingly oblivious protagonist confidently decides to give modelling another shot and sets up a meeting with an agency. What follows is a series of failures, wake-up calls, and a surprising new path of self-discovery.

  • 13 Eggs

    Over four years I collected footage to talk about my experience trying to make a baby. I managed to freeze 13 eggs. I stopped halfway through making this work because I failed and had to figure out how to make a film about failing in this commonly shared life goal. Grieving people who never were is harder than it seems.

  • An Open Conversation

    “An Open Conversation” is a short story about the effects of pregnancy loss. In this introspective narrative, Idalina shares her own story of miscarriage and explores what her losses have meant to her. Fueled by the shame and lack of support she encountered she sets out to support others who have suffered through pregnancy loss and make it an open conversation.

  • C’est à qui, cette ville?

    “C’est à qui, cette ville?” is a response to the 1984 film, “Ville, Quelle Ville?” This original super 8 film documented various places in Toronto’s east end and reflected upon a young woman’s life in the city. 38 years later, “C’est à qui, cette ville?” revisits many of the same locations and contemplates a more mature perspective on urban living. This film was shot on outdated super 8 stock which gives the image a patina of time passing. Musical score by Montreal-based artist and composer, Jackie Gallant.

  • MAN MADE

    MAN MADE, a repurposed narrative of a boy who gets introduced to the wonders of life by a beautiful shining trumpet. But the struggle to be oneself has only begun. Utilizing found 16mm footage and both digital and analog manipulation techniques, Mikkola pierces conventional masculinity with a transformative queer gaze.

  • Minus Twenty

    A cold storage worker’s job follows him around.

  • Four seasons bouquet

    Nature and body at work over the course of a still yet disorderly year on a foreign land. “In that place, memory means something more than just something one looks back on, or something one feels from the past, it means something real for now that has made you.” – RT

  • on breathing

    Sound and visual essay showcasing the light, wind, movement, breath, and the strength of the Earth.